Typical Day on the River

Adventure Rafting – Ottawa River

Your day of High Adventure Rafting starts at the OWL Resort with a Trip Leader briefing that reviews the day. You collect your helmet, lifejacket and paddle, and then jump on the bus for a short shuttle to the Starting point. Here you meet your guide who gives on-water instructions that teach you how to paddle and work together. Once everyone has received a safety briefing, we descend down our first rapid, the legendary McCoy’s!

There is always time for some surfing, which is where we take our rafts back up into the whitewater for a “Thunder Dunk”. This leaves us totally wet and anticipating more rapids!

After “Butchers Knife Rapid”, we stop for a river snack to give us energy to challenge the second half that features Hair and the Mighty Coliseum. At high water, Coliseum is the largest commercially rafted rapid in Eastern North America!

Cliff jumping (at lower water) and body surfing are highlights of every trip. After the last rapid, we meet our pontoon boats for a return BBQ cruise across the lake to the OWL Resort.

While you are returning to base, our Video Kayaker that followed your whole trip zooms ahead to edit a video of the days adventure. This will be ready for the après rafting presentation hosted by your guide and is available on DVD.

A Day on the River Photos

OWL Rafting Video

“Just wanted to send a quick note to say thanks so much for the great day on the water yesterday. All the staff were great, and my son and his friend are still trying to figure out which of Matt's stories were true and which were fibs!! I did let them know that I did not think Snoop Dog really rode the rapids (but maybe I am wrong!).